Hangin’ out free in the RV park waiting on a new gate. ‘Bout 2000 on Sunday night and I was at the laundromat washing clothes when I got the call. Gate down south of Encinal (way south!) and they wanted me there at 0800-0900 in the AM. Fairly typical notification without alot of info. I asked they routine questions – What kind of gate is it? and What does it pay? The answers to both questions were UNKNOWN. I reminded both my supervisors I had a dog and I was good to work
I was released off my gate north of Fowlerton,TX on Thursday after 23 months onsite. The hardest thing to do was leave Tuco the Dog behind.
Currently I am chillin’ out at company expense whilst they look for me a new assignment; nice park too. Vela Von is a trooper, just taking everything in stride with no apparent angst dealing with the only routine she has ever known abandoned.
I am catching up on laundry, sleep uninterrupted, junk food, and housekeeping things involving bowling equipment and unrelated trips to the storage room.
Did you know we have yet another Bush holding public office here in Texas? Yep, George P Bush, Jeb’s oldest boy, is Texas Land Commissioner. He was just on the Weather Channel talking about all the relief efforts and the supplies that have been pre-positioned. Texas knows how to do this stuff. We bailed out New Orleans after Katrina if you recall. Bush said “This is a marathon – not a sprint.” How right he is! On Monday night Harvey is supposed to be back close to where he made landfall Friday night. How
Anybody else tiring of the shots of Weather Channel flunkies standing in water?? I damn sure am.
Me and Vela Von – Hound of the Puckerbrush- just finished a Double Dog Romp because Harvey.
While we were romping, the pumpers came through and shut every well in and shut down all the generators. The ranch manager made a purposeful stop to let me know if it got “too bad” he had a spot over at the main ranch for me and a dog to hole up. I am 100 miles north and west of Corpus and the
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